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Managing Water as an Economic Resource (Development Policy Studies Series) - Hardcover

Book 1 of 3: Development Policy Studies Series

Winpenny, James

 
9781138834323: Managing Water as an Economic Resource (Development Policy Studies Series)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1138834327 ISBN 13: 9781138834323
Publisher: Routledge, 2015

Synopsis

Water, already a scarce resource, is treated as though it were plentiful and free. The task of supplying enough water of the required quality to growing populations is straining authorities and governments to the limit as the economic and environmental costs of new supply sources escalate and wasteful supply, delivery and consumption systems persist.
Managing Water as an Economic Resource argues that the root of the crisis is the failure of suppliers and consumers to treat water as a scarce commodity with an economic value. James Winpenny evaluates policies for the improved management of existing demand, and draws on case studies from different countries as he discusses how policies could be implemented to treat water as an economic good conferring major economic, financial and environmental benefits.

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James Winpenny

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2015
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1138834327
ISBN 13 
9781138834323
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
144